12-Month Lobbying Summary - Consultant Lobbyist

The Canadian Vaping Association / Bilal Cheema, Consultant Lobbyist

Registration Summary

Currently active - Last Updated: 2025-10-01

Who is lobbying?

The Canadian Vaping Association (Address & business activities)

Government Funding

Did The Canadian Vaping Association receive government funding within the last 12 months? No

Other Entities (working together for the purposes of lobbying) Information

The Canadian Vaping Association is not working together with any other entity for the purpose of lobbying.

Direct Interests of the Lobbying Activity

Affiliates

The Canadian Vaping Association does not have any affiliates that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activities

Other Affiliates

The activities of The Canadian Vaping Association are not controlled or directed by another person or organization with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking

Contributors with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

The following persons or organizations contributed over $1000CDN, within the preceding 12 months, toward the lobbying activity on behalf of The Canadian Vaping Association

180 Smoke Vape Store (Address information)
Alt. Vape (Address information)
Avalon Vapor (Address information)
Canada E Clouds Vapor Inc. (Address information)
Canada E-Juice (Address information)
CANVAPE.COM (Address information)
Charlie Pisano (Address information)
CigVape Angus (Address information)
Cloud Chaserz Vape Shop (Address information)
Cloud Haven Labs (Vape Haven) (Address information)
Daniel David (Address information)
Dash Vapes, Toronto (Address information)
Electronic Fog Inc. (Address information)
Fat Panda Notre Dame (Address information)
Flavour Art (Address information)
Gas City Vapes (Address information)
Heavy Jam Vape Supply Inc (Address information)
Inspired Vapor Company (Address information)
Juice Monkeys Vape Shop (Address information)
Juice on the Loose / CJL Unified Inc (Address information)
M&N Cloud Lounge inc - MATTHEW J MERCER (Address information)
Mango Vapes (Address information)
Mango Vapes (12879638 CANADA INC) (Address information)
Meadow Vape Pipes & Accessories (Address information)
Metro Vape (Address information)
North Island Vapors (Address information)
Pacific Smoke International Incorporated. (Address information)
Penguin Vapor Shop (Raymona) (Address information)
P Squared Vapes (Address information)
Quitters (Address information)
Rad Vaper Inc (Address information)
RELX INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISE HK LIMITED (Address information)
Rivercity Vapes (Address information)
Rock Vapor (Address information)
Samuel Tam (Address information)
Select Vapes (Address information)
Services Vap (Address information)
Sir Vape-A-Lot Inc. (Address information)
Smog's Vape Shop and Lounge (Smaug's) (Address information)
Spectrum E-Liquids Inc. (Address information)
TheraVape Inc (Address information)
The Vape Store Inc. / Shaun McQueen (Address information)
TJP Labs Inc (Address information)
Twisted Sisters Vape Shop Ltd (Address information)
Vape 360/Umar Awanr (Address information)
Vape Clouds Inc (Address information)
Vape Easy Inc. (Address information)
Vape Entrepôt (Address information)
Vape Escapes / Jason Flynn (Address information)
VapeMeet Inc. (Address information)
Vape Nation Brantford (Address information)
Vape Nation Burlington (Address information)
Vape Nation Hamilton (Address information)
Vape Retailers Canada Inc. (Address information)
Vapeurs de l'Ouest (9329-7422) (Address information)
VapeVille E-Juice Supplies (Address information)
Vaping The Way Ltd (Address information)
Vapor Shoppe (9300-5478) (Address information)
Vapour Choice (Address information)
Vita Vapes Inc / Arliss Plummer (Address information)
VTEK Sensual Vape Inc (Address information)

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activities

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Will the consultant lobbyist be arranging meetings between a public office holder and the client for the purpose of attempting to influence any of the matters listed:

Yes

Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications	Intended Outcomes	Associated Subject Matters
Advocacy regarding current 2ml restrictions in vaping products in BC.	Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Children and Families, Consumer Issues, Health, Industry, International Trade, Mental Health and Addictions, Small Business, Taxation and Finance
Advocating for a dynamic recycling program for the used disposable cartridges and battery components of vaping products.	Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Environment, Health, Mental Health and Addictions, Small Business
Advocating for alignment of safety regulations with those of the federal and other provincial jurisdictions.	Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Consumer Issues, Environment, Health, Mental Health and Addictions
Advocating for proper enforcement of the illicit vape industry in BC.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Consumer Issues, Health, Industry, International Trade, Small Business
Seek information and inclusion on the development of the vaping product damages and health care costs recovery act. Furthermore, seek to participate in developing regulations that flow from this legislation to ensure the protection of the legal vaping industry in British Columbia.	Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Consumer Issues, Economic Development and Trade, Employment and Training, Health, Industry, International Trade, Mental Health and Addictions, Small Business, Taxation and Finance

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders

Lobbyists are required to provide information regarding gifts or benefits provided within the last 12 months to a public office holder they have lobbied. For more information, review the Guide to Lobbyist Gifts.

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders
Name	Gift or Benefit Description	Circumstance	Date Promised	Value Promised	Date Given	Value Given
No Records

Who is being lobbied?

Ministries/Provincial Entities

Attorney General
BC Financial Services Authority
Education and Child Care
Emergency Management and Climate Readiness
Environment and Parks
Finance
Health
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services
Office of the Premier
Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health and Addictions
Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health
Public Safety and Solicitor General

Ministries/Provincial Entities in previous versions
- Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation

Who is the lobbyist?

Bilal Cheema, Consultant Lobbyist (Business address and contact information)

Cheema Strategies Incorporated (Address & contact information)

Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Relevant Codes of Conduct: The consultant lobbyist does not have in place an undertaking to comply with any relevant codes of conduct.

Individuals Hired by the Consultant Lobbyist to Lobby on Behalf of the Client:

No individuals have been hired or subcontracted to lobby on behalf of the client for this registration.

Contingency Information:

Payment to the consultant lobbyist by the client, in whole or in part, is not contingent on the outcome of this lobbying activity.
Payment to the consultant lobbyist by the client, in whole or in part, is not contingent on the success in arranging a meeting with public office holders on behalf of the client.

Who has provided contributions?

Consultant has lobbied, or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this client, on or after 2024-09-21:

Yes

Has made a political contribution as defined in the Lobbyists Transparency Act on or after 2024-09-21:	Consultant:	No
	Client:	No
Has made a sponsorship contribution as defined in the Lobbyists Transparency Act on or after 2024-09-21:	Consultant:	No
	Client:	No
Has made a recall contribution as defined in the Lobbyists Transparency Act on or after 2024-09-21:	Consultant:	No
	Client:	No

Registration number: 7492-5544
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Lobbying Activity Reports

What lobbying activities have taken place in the last 12 months?

What lobbying activities have taken place in the last 12 months?
Date	Arranging a Meeting	Senior Public Office Holder, Position Title \| Ministry/Provincial Entity	Subject Matters
2026-01-12	No	Majella Admana, Director \| Investigations Unit, Finance Natalie Barnes, Executive Director \| Attorney General Amy Cochrane, Assistant Director, Tobacco and Vapour Products Program \| Ministry of Health, Health Jasmine Dadachanji, Senior Policy and Legislative Analyst \| Attorney General marco Greco, Team Leader \| Tax Fraud and Investigations, Finance Derrick Harder, Chief of Staff \| Minister's Office, Attorney General Sam Hudson, Director of Tobacco and Vapour Products Program \| Health Protection, Health Suzanne Hughes, Audit Director \| Audit and Inspections Teams, Finance Brianna Parrott, Director \| Attorney General Bob Scott, Policy Manager \| Rulings and Services, Finance Niki Sharma, MLA for Vancouver-Hastings \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2026-01-12	No	Majella Admana, Director \| Investigations Unit, Finance Natalie Barnes, Executive Director \| Attorney General Amy Cochrane, Assistant Director, Tobacco and Vapour Products Program \| Ministry of Health, Health Jasmine Dadachanji, Senior Policy and Legislative Analyst \| Civil and Criminal Policy and Legislation Division, Attorney General Marco Greco, Team Leader \| Investigations Unit, Finance Derrick Harder, Chief of Staff \| Minister's Office, Attorney General Sam Hudson, Director of Tobacco and Vapour Products Program \| Health Protection, Health Suzanne Hughes, Director \| Audit & Compliance, Finance Keefer Pelech, Ministerial Advisor \| Minister's Office, Attorney General Niki Sharma, Attorney General of British Columbia \| Attorney General Raunaq Singh, Senior Advisor \| Office of the Minister, Attorney General	View
2025-11-27	No	Saad Shoaib, Ministerial Advisor \| Minister's Office, Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services Terry Yung, Minister of State \| Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services	View
2025-11-26	No	Gavin Dew, MLA for Kelowna-Mission \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-11-26	Yes	Saad Shoaib, Ministerial Advisor \| Minister's Office, Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services	View
2025-11-26	No	Dana Lajeunesse, MLA for Juan de Fuca-Malahat \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-11-26	No	Elenore Sturko, MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-11-25	No	Amna Shah, MLA for Surrey City Centre \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-11-25	No	Garry Begg, MLA for Surrey-Guildford \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-11-24	No	Steve Kooner, MLA for Richmond-Queensborough \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-11-24	No	Amna Shah, MLA for Surrey City Centre \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-11-24	No	Edward Sem, Outreach Coordinator \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-11-23	No	Steve Kooner, MLA for Richmond-Queensborough \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-11-21	Yes	Amna Shah, MLA for Surrey City Centre \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-11-20	Yes	Saad Shoaib, Ministerial Advisor \| Minister's Office, Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services	View
2025-11-14	No	Claire Rattée, MLA for Skeena \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly A'aliya Warbus, MLA for Chilliwack-Cultus Lake \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-11-04	Yes	Niki Sharma, Attorney Genera; \| Attorney General	View
2025-11-03	No	Garry Begg, MLA for Surrey-Guildford \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Amna Shah, MLA for Surrey City Centre \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-10-30	Yes	Amna Shah, MLA for Surrey City Centre \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-10-22	No	Elenore Sturko, MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-10-22	No	Amna Shah, MLA for Surrey City Centre \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-04-10	No	Kathryn Forge, Associate Deputy Minister \| Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Gwendolyn Lohbrunner, Senior Director \| Circular Communities, Environment and Parks Tess Rouse, Director \| Extended Producer Responsibility Policy, Environment and Parks Andreas Wins-Purdy, Director \| Extended Producer Responsibility - Program Delivery, Authorizations and Remediation Branch, Environment and Parks	View
2025-04-09	No	Brennan Day, MLA for Courtenay-Comox \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-04-09	No	Gavin Dew, MLA for Kelowna-Mission \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-04-08	No	Kelly Newhook, Senior Ministerial Advisor \| Health Amna Shah, Parliamentary Secretary \| Health	View
2025-04-08	No	Elenore Sturko, MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-04-08	No	Anna Kindy, MLA for North Island \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-04-07	No	Garry Begg, Minister \| Public Safety and Solicitor General Karin MacMillan, Chief of Staff \| Minister's Office, Public Safety and Solicitor General Saad Shoaib, Ministerial Advisor \| Minister's Office, Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services Terry Yung, Minister \| Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services	View
2025-03-28	Yes	Saad Shoaib, Ministerial Advisor \| Minister's Office, Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services	View
2025-03-26	No	Mahdiyar Biazi, Senior Ministerial Advisor \| Minister's Office, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation	View
2025-03-17	Yes	Benjamin Heo, Constituency Advisor \| Office of the MLA, Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-03-12	Yes	Amna Shah, Parliamentary Secretary \| Health	View
2025-03-12	Yes	Terry Yung, MLA for Vancouver-Yaletown \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-03-12	Yes	Garry Begg, Minister \| Public Safety and Solicitor General Saad Shoaib, Ministerial Advisor \| Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services	View
2025-03-04	No	Gavin Dew, MLA for Kelowna-Mission \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-03-03	No	Garry Begg, MLA for Surrey-Guildford \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Amna Shah, MLA for Surrey City Centre \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-03-03	Yes	Hasham Kamran, Senior Advisor to the Minister Health \| Health	View

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Date Modified:: 2026-01-19

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12-Month Lobbying Summary - Consultant Lobbyist

The Canadian Vaping Association / Bilal Cheema, Consultant Lobbyist

Who is lobbying?

The Canadian Vaping Association (Address & business activities)

Government Funding

Other Entities (working together for the purposes of lobbying) Information

Direct Interests of the Lobbying Activity

Affiliates

Other Affiliates

Contributors with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

What is being lobbied?

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders

Who is being lobbied?

Ministries/Provincial Entities

Who is the lobbyist?

Bilal Cheema, Consultant Lobbyist (Business address and contact information)

Who has provided contributions?

What lobbying activities have taken place in the last 12 months?

12-Month Lobbying Summary - Consultant Lobbyist

The Canadian Vaping Association / Bilal Cheema, Consultant Lobbyist

The Canadian Vaping Association (Address & business activities)

Government Funding

Other Entities (working together for the purposes of lobbying) Information

Direct Interests of the Lobbying Activity

Affiliates

Other Affiliates

Contributors with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders

Ministries/Provincial Entities

Bilal Cheema, Consultant Lobbyist (Business address and contact information)

The Canadian Vaping Association - Address & business activities

The Canadian Vaping Association / Bilal Cheema, Consultant Lobbyist

Cheema Strategies Incorporated

TheraVape Inc

The Vape Store Inc. / Shaun McQueen

VTEK Sensual Vape Inc

Twisted Sisters Vape Shop Ltd

Vape Clouds Inc

Vape 360/Umar Awanr

Vape Entrepôt

Vape Easy Inc.

Vape Nation Brantford

Vape Escapes / Jason Flynn

Vape Nation Hamilton

Vape Nation Burlington

VapeMeet Inc.

Vape Retailers Canada Inc.

Vapeurs de l'Ouest (9329-7422)

VapeVille E-Juice Supplies

P Squared Vapes

North Island Vapors

Penguin Vapor Shop (Raymona)

Pacific Smoke International Incorporated.

RELX INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISE HK LIMITED

Quitters

Rivercity Vapes

Rad Vaper Inc

Samuel Tam

Rock Vapor

Services Vap

Select Vapes

Smog's Vape Shop and Lounge (Smaug's)

Sir Vape-A-Lot Inc.

TJP Labs Inc

Spectrum E-Liquids Inc.

Vapor Shoppe (9300-5478)

Vaping The Way Ltd

Vita Vapes Inc / Arliss Plummer

Vapour Choice

Daniel David

Cloud Haven Labs (Vape Haven)

Electronic Fog Inc.

Dash Vapes, Toronto

Flavour Art

Fat Panda Notre Dame

Heavy Jam Vape Supply Inc

Gas City Vapes

Juice Monkeys Vape Shop

Inspired Vapor Company

M&N Cloud Lounge inc - MATTHEW J MERCER

Juice on the Loose / CJL Unified Inc

Mango Vapes (12879638 CANADA INC)

Mango Vapes

Metro Vape

Meadow Vape Pipes & Accessories

180 Smoke Vape Store

Avalon Vapor

Alt. Vape

Canada E Clouds Vapor Inc.

CANVAPE.COM

Charlie Pisano

Canada E-Juice